The woman is said to have moderate injuries after the attack.

Low-decile schools are slowest to join new a scheme that funds extra teachers

One of the closest active faults to Dunedin is not giving up its secrets easily.

A gecko smuggled from home in Otago, taken to Germany and returned is set to be named.

He admitted assaulting his son by placing his hand around the boy's throat.

A new study says international students are an "untapped opportunity" for NZ regions.

The search for a local manufacturer to make ''iconic'' Cadbury sweets is still on.

A Swanndri, gumboots, 72 cheese rolls and "a large quantity'' of home-kill meat stolen.

A site on the flanks of the Remarkables is for sale - for less than $2 million.

A man is in hospital with a suspected skull fracture after an assault in Queenstown.

Spying network Five Eyes is understood to be starting a week-long conference today.

A truck and trailer unit has gone off the road, north of Dunedin.

Members of the public with any information are being urged to come forward.

Pensioner's sick dog allowed to stay after Government's medical care u-turn.

'What am I going to buy from someone who's destroyed a big part of my life?'

She has applied for 30 houses and has been sleeping in her car after lease didn't renew.

Man thought he would be executed by government employee, in similar fashion to Scott Guy.

Tree hut has one of the best views in Queenstown, cheap rent - but no permission.

Kiwi man was victim of a "sophisticated" harassment which lasted two and a-half years.

Sales in Queenstown's newest subdivision were running hot.

Policeman relays nightmare stories of car crashes ending in tragedy because of speeding.

A ceremony for law and science student, 17, comes after he was found dead at City College.

"Major" mistakes in the operation to rescue man whose boat was engulfed by flames.

The weather is looking calmer at last as New Zealanders head back to work after Easter

NASA has again postponed the Wanaka launch of a huge balloon planned to study "near space"

17yo's devastated dad: 'He was having an absolutely wonderful time and loving Dunedin.'

Interactive: Statistics for 2016 show winners and losers by decile.

Showers are likely for much of the North Island today, according to the MetService.

The death of an 18-year-old man at a Dunedin flat is not considered suspicious.

Police were called to a Dunedin address this afternoon after a body was discovered.